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Education - Coggle Diagram
Education
Marxism
Althusser believed that the main aim of education is to reproduce an efficient labour force by the reproduction of technical skills and the reproduction of the ruling class ideas and getting workers to accept this
The state keeps the bourgeoise in power through the repressive state apparatuses( maintain the rule of rich by force) and the ideological state apparatuses (maintain the rule of the rich by controlling ideas and beliefs).
Marx believed that education encourages young people to accept their position in society in order to keep people the same
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Critisms
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Marxists views can be seen as deterministic- they assume that people do not have enough control over their education.
Emphasis on class, do not care about anything like gender, ability or effort.
A Marxist will tend to study social organisations to see how they operate to control the actions and thinking of poorer people
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Bowles and Gintis build upon Althussers ideas. They claim education helps to reproduce an obedient workforce that will accept inequality as inevitable
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new right
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Argued that schools try to attract the payers - e.g private schools in america try to attract the parents with impressive results
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New right believe in meritocracy and see the failure of children in school as being due to lack of ability or will to succeed
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Postmodernism
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Baudrillard, believed that today's society has become more diverse and saturated in the media with consumerism, giving individuals more choice.
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Postmodernists are concerned with exploring how society is more diverse, consumerist, fragmented, media-saturated (hyperreal) and allows individuals much more freedom of choice than in the previous modern society.
Functionalism
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Parsons
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Meritocracy
A meritocratic society is based on the idea that everyone achieves their status through their own efforts and abilities
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Feminism
Types of feminism
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Black/differences
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Mac an Ghaill found that black girls show ‘resistance within accommodation’ where they are proud to be black and reject any negative images of themselves- they ultimately are driven to work hard and achieve on their own terms.
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girls can have different experiences in school and that minority ethnic girls are often victims of specific stereotyping and racism.
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Marxist
Sue Sharpe’s study of girls found that girls’ attitudes have changed over the years and they now often prioritise careers and success over homemaking.
tend to look at how women accept a lower social status than men in society. - reinforced in education.
argue that the education system is used to reinforce the acceptance of capitalism and thus accept the dominance of males.
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However, The main concern though at the moment is the underachievement of working class boys - so why is the focus still on females and their experiences?
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It is also suggested that the education system plays an important part in reinforcing gender and sexual identities.
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